Monday, September 27, 2010

Nicola's Candy :-)




Nicola, my lovely teamie on the Sketch and Stash Challenge, has a lovely candy on offer :-) ,, go to her blog for further details :-)

House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge ,,,,, Back to Skool :-)

We had a fabulous response to our House Mouse & Friends Monday 2nd Anniversary Hop :-) Thanks you to all who entered and don't forget to link your entry with my Simon Says Stamp Sponsored candy for a chance to win a HM stamp of your choice !! :-) The DT can enter too :-)

Before moving on to our next challenge I would like to say a sad farewell to our teamie Curt :-( Curt has stepped down from the team and we will all miss him terribly ,,, a fabulous team player !! We will miss you Curt xx We will however continue to stalk you :-)

The theme for the next 2 weeks is

BACK TO SCHOOL :-)

We know most of the children are aready back in school but I am sure they all still need notebooks /diaries/clipboards etc :-)




I made a note book and I bought this cute Amanda Writes stamp specifically for this challenge ,, isn't she fab !! I saw this on a DT's blog ages ago ,,I can't remember who's tho and have had it at the top of my wish list ever since :-) ,, such a versatile stamp ! :-) i coloured the image with copics and inked the edges with Pumice Stone distress ink ,, I wanted a dirty used look :-) The papers are Basic Grey Craft and Manilla paper pads. I used a Martha Stewart border punch and a few buttons from my drawer ,, think those are Basic Grey too ? The little school bus charm was a gift from Mary and America to welcome me to the team :-) thanks girls xx




I also made a couple of post-it noteholders while I was at it :-) For these I followed Leann's lovely simple sketch on the Cute Card Thurdsay Challenge :-)



Challenges

Cute Card Thurday ,,,,, Sketch
Allsorts ,,,, Plain and Simple,, the post it note holders are :-)
Crafty Emma's Store ,,,,,, Animal Antics
The Stamp Man ,,,,, Altered ,,,, the basic board is offcuts from my friendly frame shop,, so I altered them :-)
ABC Challenge ,,,, D is for Distressing
Stampin Royalty ,,, Anything But a Card

Don't forget to link your entries to the candy at the top of my blog :-) You have until Wednesday to join in :-)

Sketch and Stash ,,,, Sue's Sketch

Thanks for all your Sketch and Stash Challenge entries over the last 2 weeks :-)

Time for a new sketch and Sue has made a gorgeous one for us to follow again and don't forget to tell us what your new or unused stash is, we are nosey and NEED to know lol :-)

We are sponsored by Whimsey Stamps and the DT were given a selection of gorgeous images to use. I used this lovely new Floating Away image by Katie's Digital Critters



I coloured the image with copics and inked the edges with dusty concord distress ink. The papers and brad are Basic Grey Kioshi and SU brown card for layering. The sentiment was made using a Tim Holtz ticket sentiment set and die cuts.



Challenges:
One Stitch at a Time ,,,, Anything Goes
Ali Factory ,,, Anything Goes
Charisma Cardz ,,,, Anything Goes
A Spoonfull of Sugar ,,, Anything Goes
Digital Tuesday ,,, Digi + Girls

The DT have made some gorgeous cards for us to see so hop on over to the Sketch and Stash Challenge to see them :-)

Here is Sue's fab sketch :-)